Sentences with phrase «rare earths supply»

«Earlier this year, the increasingly tight rare earths supply situation prompted one environmental journalist in the US to exclaim that we should all kiss our wind turbines goodbye.

Much more likely is a scenario in which Lynas will have to make an additional commitment to safety, and will start its Malaysian refinery — which could eventually put out 22,000 metric tones a year — in one or two months (every month of delay costs Lynas $ 10 million) and make sure rare earth supply increases even further.

I think it will still be some time before a self - sufficient non-Chinese rare earth supply chain is established, but as demand for these metals and the products they are used in continues to grow, REE investment can be a profitable choice for the risk - tolerant investor.

The problem of rare earth supply is one even shared by China's own wind turbine manufacturers.

Not exact matches

It's an exciting prospect, considering supply on Earth for such rare minerals as palladium — used for electronics and industrial purposes — is finite, pushing prices to $ 784 an ounce on April 2.

The 100 % Northern Minerals owned project will operate as a large - scale pilot plant for three years, with the goal of expanding into one of the world's only significant suppliers for critical heavy rare earths outside of China.

For Molycorp (MCP) and other rare earth producers, any delay of additional supply is good news.

Another way Molycorp tries to stay afloat while rare earths prices are falling is by being a vertically integrated neodymium (used for magnets) supplier.

However, after squeezing the rare - earths supply chain, the Chinese appear to have turned on the supply taps and the price of rare earths has plummeted.

The United States still holds about 13 million metric tons of rare earth elements according to the US Geological Survey but these supplies have yet to be exploited.

If any of these technologies is implemented on the scale required to significantly reduce carbon emissions, demand for certain rare earth elements will almost inevitably exceed current supply — and quite probably known reserves.

The world is scrambling to open up new sources and reopen old ones, such as Mountain Pass Rare Earth Mine in California which used to supply the majority of the world's demand but has been mothballed since 2002.

Even so, rare earth elements are in short supply.

And demand for the rare earths continues to outpace supply, particularly as China has implemented export quotas.

Until the 1990s, the U.S. was the major supplier of rare earths, largely out of one mine in Mountain Pass, Calif., owned by oil company Unocal, now part of Chevron.

Visible from space, the Bayan — Obo iron mine in Inner Mongolia is the world's largest source of rare earths, and the Chinese companies supplying them employ acid to dissolve them out of ore rock that often also contains radioactive elements like thorium, radium or even uranium.

China controls 97 per cent of the world's supply and has been tightening its export quotas, sparking concerns that the rare earths could live up to their name.

The report suggests the US might break its dependency on China's rare earth monopoly by looking to other future suppliers of rare earths, including Australia and Canada.

In an effort to help develop a sustainable domestic supply of rare earth elements and lessen the United States» dependence on China for materials that are vital to the production of electronics, wind turbines, and many other technologies, two researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) have developed a method of extracting rare earths from the drive units and motors of discarded electric and hybrid cars.

China has supplied 91 percent of U.S. consumption of rare earths between 2005 and 2008, and continues to represent the world's largest rare earth exporter.

But the Chinese have warned that their own domestic industry appetite for rare earths may eventually force them to stop exporting — an action that would leave the U.S. high - tech industries crippled without other readily available supplies.

Unlike the situation with rare earth metals, though, indium - hungry companies have some supply options.

But China currently dominates the market for producing rare earths, accounting for approximately 95 % of the worldwide supply.

In recent years, China has tightened its grip over its own rare earths in order to supply domestic manufacturers, as well as to lure manufacturers abroad to China.

This month, China announced that it will cut exports this year of rare - earth elements by 40 %, leaving demand outside China exceeding the supply for the first time ever.

The discovery is a rather unique way that CMI is addressing global concerns about the supply and demand of rare - earth metals.

The strategy identified five rare earth metals (dysprosium, neodymium, terbium, europium, and yttrium) as well as indium as «most critical in the short term,» as measured by their importance to clean - energy technologies and the risk of supply disruption.

A report by the US government's Congressional Research Service estimated that in 2010, China had 55 million tonnes of rare - earth element reserves, about half of the world's total, but that it produced about 98 % of the total global supply.

In recent years, China has set limits on its exports of rare - earth elements, driving up global prices and forcing other countries to invest in exploiting their own resources so that they can supply their high - tech industries.

But «the [Japanese] government's involvement in rare - earth research in Vietnam reflects a rapidly growing sense of crisis in Japan» that the island nation will face a serious supply crunch, says Watanabe.

But there's also opportunity from investing in rare earths, besides avoiding a supply chain problem.

Japanese researchers estimate 16M tonnes of rare earth deposits in deep - sea mud off Japan; hundreds of years of supply

Despite the order in which you unlock things being randomized I never felt screwed by the system, although there were a few frustrating moments when a building didn't pop up until quite late, but that just meant I had to ensure a steady supply of rare metals to Earth so that I could purchase what I needed.

«We all know the ball has been dropped in this [rare earths] space and not only by the US but by a whole swath of Western economies,»... The GAO report estimated it could take 15 years for the West to catch up with China and develop alternative supplies... a senior metallurgist at the US Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory, has been studying rare - earth materials since the 1960s.

Rare earth metals are essential for wind turbines and electric vehicles but potential short supply may become a limiting factor, writes Liu Hongqiao

China currently supplies 97 % of the so - called Rare Earths - metal elements which are vital to green technologies like electric cars, fuel cells or wind turbines, not to mention iPhones, plasma screens, and myriads of other consumer goods.

At Copenhagen, politicians talk of cutting carbon emissions, but they can't meet any targets without rare earth, and that means a sustainable supply, and not all from China.

Researchers at state universities in the Southeast are closing in on whether one of the region's biggest liabilities — coal mine waste — might become a valuable asset by supplying rare earth elements needed for clean energy and other applications.

That is we are the ones who are appalled at the polluting in China so rare earths can be supplied to the solar and wind industries.

The United States has been concerned for quite some time about China's chokehold on the global supply of rare - earth metals — and has been appealing to the World Trade Organization to rule against China's various export restrictions.

China produces 95 % of the worlds supply of the rare earth metal, dysprosium, a key metal in magnets used in the drive motors for hybrid electric vehicles - up to 100 grams of dysprosium per hybrid car produced, according to a Wikipedia reference.

Rare earths — extremely rare elements found in only a few places — are currently critical to wind turbines and other renewable technologies, creating legitimate worries about future supplRare earths — extremely rare elements found in only a few places — are currently critical to wind turbines and other renewable technologies, creating legitimate worries about future supplrare elements found in only a few places — are currently critical to wind turbines and other renewable technologies, creating legitimate worries about future supplies.

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